Irish Quarterly Legal and Regulatory report: January - March 2026

This quarter brings a significant range of developments across both Irish and EU frameworks:

• Central Bank developments across tokenisation, prohibition notice procedures and its Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook for the year ahead.
  
  
• Streamlined procedures for AIFMD II / CP161 162 filings for existing Irish UCITS and AIFs, as well as for AIFMs performing loan origination and the finalisation of EU liquidity management rules. 
  
  
• Wider EU reforms across EMIR 3, venture and growth capital funds, benchmarks regulation and sustainability reporting. 
  
  
• Key dates for 2026 - 2027, covering AIFMD II, ESG ratings, the EU single AML rulebook and the move to T+1 settlement.